DRK Consolidated Feedback Thread

[SyzzleSpark]

In an expansion promising balance they've somehow managed to make one tank indisputably the worst in its role by every conceivable metric of consequence, and moreover, they've managed to cement it in that position just in time to release perhaps the most difficult content in the game's history. At this point I'm just dying to know why.

Fights like UCOB should be released only after every possible balance adjustment needed has been addressed in some form or fashion. The gate to entry should be clearing o4s or whatever the 4th floor of a given tier may be, and not what job you are playing. In a 12-13 minute fight there is more than enough time to feature mechanics that play to every job's strengths, but if you're putting a fight like this out there when there are jobs that *have* no strengths, its a major slap in the face. Even if DRK is not "optimal" for the fight, it should at least have something to bring to the table, should you decide to use it. DRK wasn't optimal for A7s either, but people could still bring it back in the day because while PLD was better for that particular fight in the eyes of most people, DRK still had things to offer, such as higher DPS, softening up sizzle spark a bit, etc.

When your main job is in the state that DRK is and a fight like UCOB comes out, it sucks, really bad. Functioning at a disadvantage like this when every job has to be at their best to compete feels awful, before you even queue in.

[Chrono_Rising]

Not sure if everyone saw this, but did we see the reason for the shake it off buff?

«Warrior»
Warrior’s party utility will be increased by changing the effect of Shake It Off and adjusting its party defending capabilities to be more in balance with that of paladin and dark knight.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/350624

I'm guessing their response to TBN feedback is that our utility is equivalent to paladin.

[shao32]

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yeah i saw it too this morning, was hilarious read "in balance", i did not know if laugh or just facepalm, i did both.

[SyzzleSpark]

yeah i saw it too this morning, was hilarious read "in balance", i did not know if laugh or just facepalm, i did both.

I've been saying since the beginning that as powerful as TBN is for ourselves, it is not all it is cracked up to be on a party member. I've seen regens tick for bigger numbers than a 10% TBN is worth.

[Mattiux]

Warrior’s party utility will be increased by changing the effect of Shake It Off and adjusting its party defending capabilities to be more in balance with that of paladin and dark knight.

We must have a party mitigation skill to unlock somewhere then xD

The whole DrK situation is starting to appear really grotesquely.

[Eyvhokan]

Do they think Reprisal is still a DRK only skill still?

[DRKoftheAzure]

Not sure if everyone saw this, but did we see the reason for the shake it off buff?

I'm guessing their response to TBN feedback is that our utility is equivalent to paladin.

How they came up with that idea is beyond me and sounds like they want to go back to 2.xx party comps... the solution for is so simple yet they choose to make things more complicated for balance adjustments...

[Mycow8me]

It just sounds like scripted lines they would say infront of everyone anyways. Be nice if a dev just sat down and spoke their minds in regards to a class.

A part of me questions how they actually test these supposed "balancing" issues. Do they just look at numbers and charts or do they actually have a group work on a class, play the class in content, get the overall feel of what it can/cant do well then compare it to other classes.

[SummerScorcher]

[SARCASM] DRK is just as good as pld whatre you talkin' about! [SARCASM]

https://youtu.be/5dGp6vwKMHE

[Ekimmak]

It just sounds like scripted lines they would say infront of everyone anyways. Be nice if a dev just sat down and spoke their minds in regards to a class.

A part of me questions how they actually test these supposed "balancing" issues. Do they just look at numbers and charts or do they actually have a group work on a class, play the class in content, get the overall feel of what it can/cant do well then compare it to other classes.

I don't think they have the manpower to devote a group to each class. Or even one person per class.